The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 371

Chapter 371: 195 Defensiveness (Two updates combined)_2

Du Ruohan: “The Duke Residence is the only prestigious family in the Capital City that can rival the Marquis Residence and the Zhuang family, and there once was the Liu family. If this candidate named He really is related to the Duchess, then he does indeed have the qualifications to make such grand claims.”

With the power of the Duke’s Residence, it would be exceedingly easy to arrange a minor official position in the Capital City for Xiao Liulang.

Counting it up, it’s indeed faster than Xiao Liulang’s studying.

“Why do I feel that the one with the surname Wang looks a bit familiar?” Fen Lin, propping his cheek, fell into deep thought, “Seems like I have seen him somewhere.”

Du Ruohan furrowed his brow: “Now that you mention it, I do feel the same.”

“He, Jinghong.” Lin Chengye spoke.

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Du Ruohan did not remember this name, but Fen Lin suddenly recalled: “It’s him!”

“Who?” Gu Jiao asked.

“The top scorer in the College Examination in Pingcheng!” Fen Lin said.

This happened when Xiao Liulang was taking the examination to become a talented scholar. Xiao Liulang had been the top scorer in both the county and prefecture exams. However, during the third round of the College Examination, someone switched out his essay paper, resulting in him missing the top spot.

Fen Lin specifically paid attention to the top scorer of that College Examination, the name was He Jinghong.

Of course, he didn’t see this man in person.

During the fifteenth year examinee selection, Lin Chengye was not in Pingcheng. The reason he knew about He Jinghong was entirely because in June, not long after, He Jinghong also came to the Provincial City for the Provincial Exam.

He Jinghong was staying in the same inn with him, Xiao Liulang, and Fen Lin.

“I remember now! I remember now! He was staying next door to us!” Fen Lin said, “At first, I didn’t know that he was He Jinghong until I overheard someone calling him. The Wang guy was his house manager and had shown up with him a few times.”

Fen Lin was not good at keeping secrets, once he found out that next door lived the top scorer of the College Examination, he blabbed it to Xiao Liulang, Du Ruohan, and Lin Chengye.

Fen Lin said: “Back then, I even joked, wondering if it was this guy who bribed the exam officials of the College Examination, and switched out Liulang’s exam paper.”

This kind of guess was not without reason.